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A review by findingpeaceinabook
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris
3.0
Aurora ponders wether she should become a realtor, like her mother, but then.. of course.. she finds a body. Another mystery to solve. And of course another nice man to date.
These books are clearly older than the Sookie Stackhouse novels, Harris' writing has clearly improved a lot in the meantime, as well as the storylines. These Aurora Teagarden books follow a similar structure every time. Dead body - date - mystery - plot twist, violence and the solution.
Still a fun light read though.
I was a bit bothered by a paragraph where racism was very casually mentioned, as if it was so ordinary. And I'm afraid it would have been present in every day life like this, but it is unsettling to see it there, with no-one disputing it or no touch by the writer to condemn it in any way.
Quote from the book: "But you know, being black may work in his favor, actually. Tonia Lee would never have gone to bed with Mackie. She didn't like blacks at all."
I'm not from the US and english is not my native language, so I might miss some nuances. I was also wondering wether 'in a coon's age' would be considered offensive. This is used time and time again in this book. Let me know if you know...
These books are clearly older than the Sookie Stackhouse novels, Harris' writing has clearly improved a lot in the meantime, as well as the storylines. These Aurora Teagarden books follow a similar structure every time. Dead body - date - mystery - plot twist, violence and the solution.
Still a fun light read though.
I was a bit bothered by a paragraph where racism was very casually mentioned, as if it was so ordinary. And I'm afraid it would have been present in every day life like this, but it is unsettling to see it there, with no-one disputing it or no touch by the writer to condemn it in any way.
Quote from the book: "But you know, being black may work in his favor, actually. Tonia Lee would never have gone to bed with Mackie. She didn't like blacks at all."
I'm not from the US and english is not my native language, so I might miss some nuances. I was also wondering wether 'in a coon's age' would be considered offensive. This is used time and time again in this book. Let me know if you know...